Concentrating on the importance of universities as pivotal sites of access and the unfettered exchange of ideas, the authors explore the forms of influence and historical opposition to extreme right-wing policy on higher education. Drawing on the experiences of South Africa’s University of the Western Cape (UWC) during apartheid, the book documents how the institution resisted prolonged government attacks on its mission, autonomy, and administrative functioning.
Examining collaboratively the impact of state control and fiscal disciplining on UWC, the book provides an immersive analysis of student mobilisation, pedagogy, and academic leadership. Universities and colleges in the US and elsewhere are currently wrestling with state mandates eroding control over admissions, teaching and research. Revisiting UWC's battle with the apartheid regime illuminates what is at stake for students and higher education institutions committed to nurturing democracy, critical thinking, and engaged citizens.
Higher education is facing unprecedented instability, marked by declining enrollment, political attacks on institutional values, and a surge of legislation aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. While some recent legal decisions offer limited relief, widespread pre‑emptive compliance h...
J. O'Connor· Journal of Diversity and Equ...· 0 citations
The academic promotion system in universities in different parts of the world is a terrain fraught with institutional policy, power politics, and individual sensemaking. In the paper, we draw on cognitive-interpretive facets of faculty members lived experiences and interpretations of the promotion process at Makerere U...
E. Gichuru, A. Rukooko· Discover Sustainability· 0 citations
A Language of Freedom and Teacher’s Authority: Case Comparisons from Turkey and the United States explores dimensions of authority that are deeply embedded in the profession of teaching. It examines critical dimensions of the foundations of Turkish and U.S. public education, both of which are under new pressures due to...
Digital transformation is reshaping the university environment and the ways in which students encounter information, placing the education of students in patriotic traditions under pressure to renew its content, its methods and its mechanisms of leadership. Drawing on an analysis of Party documents, state policy and a...
Tai Duc Nguyen, Duong Thi Mai Hoa, Le-Hai Son· European Journal of Politica...· 0 citations
This study examines barriers to women's advancement in leadership in higher education through a comparative analysis of Coventry University (UK) and Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (Ukraine). Using the Social-Ecological Model as an analytical framework, the research investigates barriers acros...
N. Herbut, H. Barrett, Alirza Mamedov et al.· Society Register· 0 citations
This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indifference or even antipathy toward the study of the West at most institutions of higher learning. Alternative narratives—including multiculturalism, diversity, and sustainab...
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